poinciana

黄蝴蝶属 (Poinciana)植物

词形变化

poincianas 复数 poincianas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tropical tree, of species Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or flamboyant.

  2. 2.

    A tropical shrub, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, with bright orange-red flowers, originally native to the Americas and now widely cultivated as an ornamental.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

bird of paradise

相关短语

royal poinciana [植物]凤凰木(Delonix regia)[亦称作flamboyant flame tree]

词源

Modern Latin: after M. de Poinci, a 17th-century governor of the Antilles + -ana.

来源：wiktionary